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Show November 2009 www.dailyutahchronicle.com mustache is a labe of a rebellion Elliott Bueler STAFF WRITER I'm convinced the pseudocounterculture mustache statement spreading across all of hipsterdom can be traced Utah's practice beats Y's prayers U ballet puts BYU to shame Sofia Strempek STAFF WRITER There's sweat, blood and tears at the U. We don't back down—we won't back down. Let's take care of this rivalry once and for all. Let's win a battle that's been waged year 7 after year. No mercy, no apologies—and I'm not just talking football. The muscles, the fast feet, the crazy moves—it's a dance, and it's going to get ugly. There are hard-core ballerinas in the U's ballet department. The physical toll dance takes on the body proves to be exhausting and brutal. There are the ripped-off toenails and multicolored bruises. But it's more than that. The ballet department has talent. The U's ballet department is consistently ranked as one of the nation's top five dance schools. The faculty is a huge factor in this ranking. From Ballet West to Bolshoi to Repertory Dance Theatre, leaders of the department have studied and taught throughout the See DANCE Page 43 directly to BYU—and no, that's not a compliment. Who invented acid wash? Who thought the mullet was a good idea? Somebody must have, at least initially, and thousands latched on, like stylistic leeches sensing a host That's what we have here—leeches, the mustache enthusiasts of the animal world. "A man that chooses to grow a mustache is one that is confident, selfassured and powerful—he is his own man," BYU student Danica Jorgenson said in an Oct. io letter to The Daily Universe titled, "Hail the Mustache." Naturally, a man with a mustache would be confident in the company of men who share his shame, and self-assured knowing these men can't possibly pass judgment. But powerful? His own man? You can't grow V influence—even on yoSur and by trying to, you refl_.^_ ^ rights to self-ownership. Sure, the 'stache has had its moments—long known for its prodigious work dusting the cookies and straining the soup of the likes of Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck—but its. glory days were officially over once BYU students embraced it as their only chance to rise up in quasirebellion before ultimately conrpTj^-*ing with the university's gropming,, standard. K *^ T "We want some individualismfgosfi darn it, and since all we can dp is grow^one.of these things, then that's^* what we're going to do," must have . , £eenrthe. indignant cries. - , . ,'^.r , ee 39< Whose alumni are best? Evan Frank STAFF WRITER Academy, she earned the prestigious—Newbery Honor. Herfirstbook, The Goose Girl, won the Josette Frank Award. Hale has gone on to publish One of college football's oldest rivalries is upon us. Students and See ALUMNI Page 41 alumni of the U and BYU bring an energetic vibe to the game. However, the rivalry doesn't end on the football field. In the past year, the Twilight series has become one of the most talked-about novels. One of the major reasons is because the series is being adapted for the silver screen, Stephenie Meyer, author of the famous series and a BYU alumna, is not to blame for the less than impressive film adaptations of Twilight and New Moon, but I think we can blame her for the novels. With such a success story coming out of BYU, one might want to compare Meyer to another successful (and more prolific) author, this time from the U. Shannon Hale, a novelist from Salt Lake City, graduated from Utah with a bachelor's degree in English. Novelist Shannon Hale graduated from the U. Author of the 2005 release Princess |